Morrell (SB 204) Act No. 688
Prior law provided that all wine and distilled spirits sold or shipped into this state shall be
in certain sized containers.
New law retains prior law and adds the following container sizes: nineteen and five-tenths
liters, 20 liters, and 500 milliliters.
Prior law required that distilled spirits bottled subject to the standards provided for in prior
law be packed with a certain number of bottles per shipping case or shipping container and
further provides for the bottle size and the corresponding bottles per case.
New law retains prior law except that it changes all references from "bottles" to "containers"
and further adds a container size of 100 milliliters with 48 containers per case.
Prior law required that wines bottled subject to the standards provided for in prior law be
packed with a certain number of bottles per shipping case or shipping container and further
provides for the bottle size and the corresponding bottles per case.
New law retains prior law except that it changes all references from "bottles" to "containers"
and further changes a container size from 5 through 18 liters to 5 through 20 liters and adds
a container size of 500 milliliters with 12 containers per case.
New law exempts cider products from container size restrictions.
New law prohibits the sale and shipment into this state of any containers of powdered
alcohol.
Effective upon signature of the governor (June 18, 2014).
(Amends R.S. 26:351(2)(a), (3), and (4); adds R.S. 26:351(9) and (10))